20.11.09

An Iqbalian Vision for a New World

Here's a bit of Javidnama.

There is a world stil lost in our hearts,A world that still waits for the call or 'Rise!'A world without distinctions of blood and colour,Where evening shines brighterThan morning in the West;A world purged of sultan and slave,Boundless as a beleiver's heart;A glorious world, which had its seed cast,Into 'Umar's soul by a single look;An eternal world, but one whose events are always new,Ever new fruit of its master principles;Within, it is not afflicted with change,But outward change is occurring every moment.See, that world is inside you!I will tell you what its master principles are...